The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-09

have the remains lie in the church until all the
citi.ens of Brooklyn shall have viewed the body
The Logan memorial committee in a letter of
sympathy. expressed their desire to assist in the
ceremonies, and have suggested holding con-
temporary service at the Academy of Music
while the services in progress at Plymouth
church. /, was decided to adopt the suggestion
DIR. Ssarle's Summary of the Disease.
New YoRK. March 8.-Dr. Searle, at late
hour to- nj ghf. made a statement Among other
things he said: 'At the earnest solicitation OF
friends who consider the matter important
and interesting to the public as to urge me to
course to which, otherwise. l should
feel ayerse. l have consented to
make brief summary of Mr. Beecher's
disease. Prior to this attack of apoplexy Mr..
Beecher was a remarkably sound man for his
aye. He often spoke 10 public of the thankful
he felt for his inheritance OF sound and
uncontamiriated constitution. The only COM
plants to which he had ever become subject
tonsilitis, and socaiied bilious attacks
and hay fever. Since my acquaintance with
him he had suffered with the former
but seldom, and such attacks were easily
broken up. His bilious condition he removed
without medical assistance by diet and rest.
But the hay fever proved an annual visitor,
which he could only shake off by resortng to
other countries or localities So far as can be
known, his only organic disturbance was very
limited amount of chronic Inflammation of the
kidneys. He labored, somewhat like all corpulent
men, under shortness of breath during active
exercise, and confess that, in general way
that he might have some fatty degeneration of
the heart But the powerful and persistent &C.
tion of this organ during his late sickness proved
that fear to he unfounsded. while no man living
had more capacious or better lungs than he.
Doubtless one could not find many persons of sew
enty four years who were his peers in healthful
structure in those respects which manifest them
selves to modern instruments of precision in d.
agnosis. With steathy and unexpected steps
a hidden foe was creeping upon him-one that
finally and fatally sprang from its ambush, and
oil his perfection of organism was of 40 avail to
save him from its deadly grasp
DIR. Searle goes on to describe the different
kinds of apoplexy and how they affect the sys-
,teJa, and then says:
st was the opinion of all the physicians who
was somewhat in the midst of the right cerebral
hemisphere. above what is called the motor
tract; that it proceeded from n small vessel, as
was evident by the gradual and progressive
character of the paralysis which at first
was so slight as to lead even Mrs. Beeche-, with
her close observation, to regard the thickness or
indistinctness of articulation, which became
manifest on Friday evening Only an ordinary
manifestation for her husband. Had it not been
associated with severe headache. l, too, should
have been less suspicious, and been willing. as
all of the family, to regard the
entire symptoms as due to bilious
arrangements, although headaches of such a
character had not attended his former attacks
By Saturday morning the effusion had become
sufficiently extensive to produce almost total
loss of motion in the left arm, as we'll as to
seriously impair his control of the correspond
ing leg Sensation in these parts was
still intact, but the enemy had declared itself
sufficiently for recognition, and it was unhesi-
tatingly pronounced apoplexy."
Dr. Searle closed by stating that death was
caused by asphyxia, and described the gradual
passing away of the spirit of the great divine
English Estimates of the Dead Man.
LONDON, March 9-Referring to Henry Ward
Beechers death, the Daily News says: "Mr.
Bescher leaves no system of theology church
government, and his influence, therefore, ended
with his life. He was great preacher, but
nothing else"
The Daily Telegraph, abiding to the death Of
Mr.. Beecher. says: mo preacher, no platform
orator in America put more intensity of heart
into his discourses than did the man whose
clarion voice rang every Sunday in Plymouth
Church. With all his faults--and they were
many-it is doubtful if America will ever pro
dtce another Beecher."
The Standard says: 'Mr. Beecher was one o
the comparatively few Americans who enioyet
the world wide reputation of having peculla
and exceptional gifts for the ministry, and hi
capacity for work was amazing"